Total cattle livestock reached 1,199 '000 in 2014 in the Sri Lanka, according to Faostat.
This is
5.22 %
more than
in the previous year.

Historically, total cattle livestock in Sri Lanka reached an all time high of 1,904 '000 in 1965 and an all time low of 1,113 '000 in 2002.
When compared to Sri Lanka's main peers, total cattle livestock
in India amounted to 211,274 '000, 797 '000 in Malaysia and 13,966 '000 in Myanmar in 2014.

Sri Lanka has been ranked 96th within the group of 161 countries we follow in terms of total cattle livestock,
2 places behind the position seen 10 years ago.